mapuche

/[maˈput͡ʃe]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,409

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

mapuche is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne a una etnia nativa del sur de Sudamérica que ocupaba parte del actual territorio chileno en la época de la conquista, de organización tribal, avanzada agricultura e indust... Pronounced [maˈput͡ʃe]. It ranks #8,409 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with marche and mapuches.

Key facts for mapuche
PropertyValue
Headwordmapuche
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[maˈput͡ʃe]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,409
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mapuche in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mapuche is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈput͡ʃe]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,409 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que pertenece o concierne a una etnia nativa del sur de Sudamérica que ocupaba parte del actual territorio chileno en la época de la conquista, de organización tribal, avanzada agricultura e indust...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for mapuche, with forms such as "ampuche", "mapcuhe", and "mappuche". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "marche", "mapuches", "mapache", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mapuche, spelled M-A-P-U-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne a una etnia nativa del sur de Sudamérica que ocupaba parte del actual territorio chileno en la época de la conquista, de organización tribal, avanzada agricultura e industria textil, y disposición belicosa que los llevó a resistir la ocupación inca y luego colonial durante siglos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ampuche,mapcuhe,mappuche,mapucche,mapuceh,mapuchhe,mapuhce,maupche,mmapuche,mpauche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mapuche

Misspelling Variants of "mapuche"

ampuche7mapcuhe7mappuche8mapucche8mapuceh7mapuchhe8mapuhce7maupche7
Misspelling Variants of "mapuche"

Frequency rank: #8,409 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mapuche"?
"mapuche" is spelled M-A-P-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈput͡ʃe].
What does "mapuche" mean?
As an adj, "mapuche" means: Que pertenece o concierne a una etnia nativa del sur de Sudamérica que ocupaba parte del actual territorio chileno en la época de la conquista, de organización tribal, avanzada agricultura e indust...
What words are commonly confused with "mapuche"?
"mapuche" is commonly confused with "marche", "mapuches", "mapache". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mapuche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mapuche" is [maˈput͡ʃe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mapuche" come from?
"mapuche" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.